CudSpan and other Plug-Ins for FM 9

[Mike Wickham]

> 1. I know Chris sometimes frequents our lists, so perhaps he or another
> can confirm whether the CudSpan plug-ins work with FM 9. I've seen that
> his web site mentions FM 8, but not FM 9. In case cud doesn't see this
> right away: Are any of you using these tools with FM 9, and if so,
> without mishap?

Hopefully Chris will pop in with the best answer. There was an issue with 
cudlog.dll breaking the recent file history in structured (but not 
unstructured) FM8. I found a note I made that says it was fixed with 
v1.0.0.1, but I notice that I did not install that one in FM9. I'm not sure 
why. Maybe it was still broken or maybe I never had time to test it and then 
forgot about it. The other cudlog plugins have been installed since FM9 came 
out and I am unaware of them creating any problems for me.

> 2. In general, what is the best way to move plug-ins to a new
> installation of FM? Any guidelines to follow? Errors to avoid? Any
> earlier FM plug-ins that have proven notoriously problematic? I've got
> Archive, RoboMIF, SetPrint, Paragraph and Table Tools, the freeware
> pieces of Toolbox, and perhaps one or two others.

Most of these have had updates to make them compatible with FM9. So just be 
sure to download the latest. I believe you have to e-mail Bruce Foster to 
get the latest Archive. Except for RoboMIF (which I don't use), I've got all 
the plugins you've listed working fine with FM9, though I believe every one 
of them had an updated version that I installed.

Depending on which plugins you have, you may be able to copy your old 
plugins directory to FM9, then update the ones you can update and see what 
happens. Some plugins, of course, have entries in maker.ini that you may 
need to add. And some plugins (such as Leximation's) create their own 
folders, instead of using the default plugins folder.

Mike Wickham